60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Mystery, Dark.
A horror and exploration adventure that tells the story of Blanche, who was found alone in the gardens of Launderley, in front of a pile of twenty-nine corpses.
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Experience a tense, first-person psychological horror where survival means facing the unknown. Unravel a chilling story of a secret government project through atmospheric exploration, and mind-bending puzzles.
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When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Experience a tense, first-person psychological horror where survival means facing the unknown. Unravel a chilling story of a secret government project through atmospheric exploration, and mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Detective 15.8%, Investigation 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Drama 10.1%, Dark 9.6%
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
Why similar: Detective 28%, Investigation 16.7%, Drama 14.7%, Dark 13.4%, Mystery 10.6%
A narrative-driven puzzle game about souls and forgetting. On the brink of reincarnation, she loses all her memories, and her soul is scattered. The memories of lingering spirits on the bridge seem to be connected to her story...
Why similar: Detective 24.4%, Lore-Rich 17%, Investigation 13.9%, Drama 10.6%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
You are a detective who wants to investigate how all the inhabitants of a city died due to a virus. It all started in a hotel that was abandoned along with the city, and it was rumored to be haunted. You are on a quest for answers.
Why similar: Detective 19.6%, Investigation 13.3%, Walking Simulator 9.6%, Drama 9.6%, Horror 7.9%
A first-person investigative game set in a drowned village. Explore abandoned homes, speak with the last remaining locals, and capture through your lens the destruction left behind by the toxic sludge. Gather evidence, follow every clue, and uncover the truth hidden beneath silence and decay.
Why similar: Investigation 21.3%, Detective 21%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Horror 10.1%, Mystery 8.7%
In Bound by Bones, a supernatural horror experience, you are trapped in the space between life and death—forced to uncover and destroy the cursed remains of violent spirits before they consume you. The only way to survive is to find their scattered bones… and burn them.
Why similar: Detective 17%, Investigation 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Dark 10.2%, Walking Simulator 10.1%
Investigate the murder of Evie Roots. Save the town from disaster. Learn the history of the Great Houses. Immerse yourself in the centuries-old history of Pineford.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.7%, Detective 17.9%, Investigation 14.9%, Text-Based 11.2%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
Agni, a determined investigator from a covert Indonesian police unit who defied orders and ventures into a remote village despite ominous warnings. What begins as an unauthorized investigation quickly plunges Agni into a horrifying reality
Why similar: Detective 19.3%, Lore-Rich 18.7%, Investigation 16.3%, Horror 9.5%, Female Protagonist 9%
A sculptor is confined in a monastery asylum.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.9%, Detective 14.2%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Drama 11.8%, Dark 10%
A horror visual novel where you take on the role of a spy delving into the memories of others to find dirt on a sinister biocorporation. Not for children or the easily disturbed.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.2%, Investigation 14.8%, Detective 14.7%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Horror 9.3%
Grief and guilt consume Adam. As his mind unravels, a kind presence offers comfort, but something feels wrong.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.8%, Drama 14.5%, Dark 13.1%, Horror 11.5%, Detective 10.9%
Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.
Why similar: Detective 19.8%, Investigation 18.7%, Drama 12.3%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
Explore the HOUSE, remember it & spot the changes !
Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Detective 18.5%, Horror 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Dark 11.5%
A narrative supernatural horror set in the enigmatic Meridian Hotel. Players investigate through exploration, puzzles, and encounters with human and supernatural threats.
Why similar: Investigation 15.5%, Lore-Rich 14.5%, Drama 10.6%, Dark 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%
In this detective horror visual novel, investigate a seabound anomaly. Explore areas of interest, uncover clues, and piece together evidence before time runs out — and before this mission becomes your last. Choose a side; don't look back.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 19.4%, Lore-Rich 13%, Horror 10.3%, Mystery 9.4%
Immerse yourself in the Psychological horror adventure of James Charouz on his way to find his missing wife and uncover the dark secret of his hometown.
Why similar: Investigation 17.5%, Detective 13.3%, Horror 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Dark 9.2%
🧠 BRAINROOMS is a grotesque horror born from a twisted internet: rotten memes, entities laughing at you, rooms that feel all wrong. A trashy, surreal nightmare where you scream, laugh, and lose your mind. Survive… if you can even grasp what’s happening.
Why similar: Investigation 21.1%, Detective 18.3%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 13.9%, Hidden Object 10.2%
Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Detective 12.7%, Horror 10.1%, Drama 10%, Dark 9.4%
"Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.
Why similar: Drama 13.2%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 11.4%, Detective 11%, Mystery 9.9%
Welcome to Woodside, a haunting survival horror adventure. Explore, investigate and survive as Grace, confronting supernatural terrors that plague a seemingly quaint British village. Experience dynamic horror as spirits react to the way you play. Can you find the truth before it's too late?
Why similar: Investigation 23%, Detective 19.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Mystery 8.2%, Lore-Rich 8%
1990s: Windswept mining town Linshan, dependent on fading coal mines, worshipped a mountain god’s stele. After it cracked and oozed brown liquid, a strange illness spread. Lin Tianqing returned for his sick father, uneasy as the eerie town neared, having overheard whispers.
Why similar: Detective 18.3%, Lore-Rich 15.5%, Investigation 11.8%, Drama 11.6%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
Escape and explore a mystery puzzle adventure where you must manage sanity, solve challenges, and uncover the dark secrets of a cursed town. Navigate eerie environments, find hidden objects, and survive the witch's realm.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 13.4%, Drama 13.2%, Horror 10.1%, Dark 8.6%
"The Night Jackal" is a captivating game where you experience tension as you discover someone breaking into your phone through your security camera. In this game, you'll confront your fears with contemporary technology invading privacy.
Why similar: Detective 15.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Drama 13.3%, Dark 10.5%, Walking Simulator 8.9%
At 3:12 AM, someone knocked. The door was locked from the inside. A story-rich psychological horror where you explore and investigate a Kolkata home as reality begins to repeat, change, and remember.
Why similar: Investigation 20.4%, Lore-Rich 14.6%, Drama 8.4%, Hidden Object 8.3%, Walking Simulator 8%
In a dark world where reality blends with illusion, you strive to uncover the mystery of your sister's death. Explore locations, interact with characters, and gather clues. Gradually, your mind begins to betray you, and each step could lead either to the truth or to madness.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 18.3%, Drama 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Text-Based 9.2%
You have lost your memory and wake up in an unpopular Japanese house. Strange phenomena occur. Eerie singing voices coming from inside the house. Uncover the mystery of the cursed house with your partner.
Why similar: Investigation 14.7%, Detective 12.6%, Dark 11%, Horror 10.4%, Lore-Rich 9.4%
A psychological horror game, where you answer a survey for a chance to win a cash prize
Why similar: Investigation 20.8%, Lore-Rich 18%, Dark 14.6%, Horror 12.8%, Mystery 10.7%
Explore this haunted mansion as a detective, discover chilling secrets with your UV flashlight and fight to stay sane before the mannequins gets you.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 15.2%, Horror 13.2%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, Dark 10.7%
One cold case, four deathbed flashbacks. Every shift in perspective overturns the "truth" you believed. Story-driven, with exploration, deduction, puzzles, and combat. Ready for a mind-bending thrill ride with twists at every turn?
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Investigation 19.2%, Drama 11.6%, Mystery 9.2%, Walking Simulator 8%
Play as a Park Ranger in Dreary Lake Provincial Park and unravel the mysteries your coworkers are trying to keep hidden. PSX Style First Person Thriller.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.8%, Investigation 22%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 12.6%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
Zlot rodzinny to dla Miłosza Dajskiego okazja, aby spotkać się z dawno niewidzianymi członkami rodziny. Przechadzając się po pałacu, w którym nie było go od lat napotyka człowieka, który zdaje się twierdzić, że jest jego kuzynem, ten jednak za nic nie potrafi go sobie przypomnieć.
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Lore-Rich 18%, Text-Based 13.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%, Drama 8.5%
Seventy-eight years after the Great Collapse, the city of Belmarc stands as a beacon of civilization amid the ruins. A city where magic and technology intertwine, where humans and machines coexist. And in its depths, one Courier begins to chase the forgotten sins of the past.
Why similar: Detective 23.9%, Lore-Rich 22.7%, Investigation 17.7%, Drama 12.8%, Mystery 7.3%
Unhomely is a retro-inspired first person psychological indie horror game. You play a journalist who has 3 days alone in a reclusive tech CEO's cabin to get the exclusive on his new project and save your career.
Why similar: Detective 21.5%, Investigation 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.3%, Horror 9.4%
Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?
Why similar: Investigation 24.8%, Detective 23.3%, Mystery 11%, Horror 9.3%, Walking Simulator 8.7%
《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑，根据匿名信件中的拓片线索，深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村，这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事，并在村庄中展开调查，你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Lore-Rich 16.6%, Investigation 14.4%, Drama 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10%
"Detective Dunkadoo" is a serious detective game. A blackmail has thrust the Well-Done supermarket into the spotlight. This crisis shatters the store and forces the employee Dunkadoo out of his passive routine. Can this bird see through the case and avert disaster before the impending doom strikes?
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Investigation 21.8%, Lore-Rich 18.4%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, Drama 9.2%
The Apple Tree is an interactive story in the genre of a visual novel. Investigate a series of murders together with police Captain Christian Tyler and try not to fall into the trap of criminals!
Why similar: Detective 23.1%, Investigation 16.6%, Drama 13%, Dark 11%, Hand-drawn 7%
Ezrebeth is an old, bitter recluse who finds herself constantly invaded by her peculiar relatives during the winter holidays. Oh, and she's stuck in a time loop! Investigate, interview and cross-reference as you attempt to figure out what's going on in this surreal visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Drama 16.2%, Lore-Rich 13%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%
Survive in a haunted colonial mansion in Bengal. Complete daily chores to keep order by day, then face supernatural anomalies at night. Explore, uncover secrets, and fight for your sanity in this first-person survival horror experience.
Why similar: Investigation 18.7%, Detective 16.1%, Horror 12.8%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
Why similar: Investigation 17.7%, Drama 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, Detective 10.1%
"Stella: into the Shadow" is a dark mystical story. When Stella's friend disappears, her life transforms into a detective mystery. Working at a nightclub, forging new connections, and uncovering the city's secrets will force her to reevaluate everything: from those around her to her very self.
Why similar: Detective 21.2%, Investigation 19.9%, Drama 12.6%, Dark 10.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.6%
Do Not Disturb is a 2D narrative psychological horror game. It is set in the heart of the Amazon, in the city of Manaus—a place filled with mysticism and legends, where the roots of a forgotten people still remain alive.
Why similar: Investigation 28.9%, Lore-Rich 27%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Drama 9.3%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
Threshold 15 is an atmospheric mix of anomaly hunting and escape-room puzzles set in a looping bunker hallway. Identify disturbances and piece together an unsettling story as each loop pulls you deeper into the mystery. You will sign the contract.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.1%, Drama 15.2%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 11.3%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
Why similar: Detective 32%, Investigation 16.7%, Lore-Rich 14%, Drama 12.7%, Mystery 8.9%
A first-person narrative adventure where you explore dreamlike places, solve light puzzles, and confront shadow figures that are echoes of yourself. A melancholic journey through memory, regret, and acceptance.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 17.4%, Detective 15.8%, Dark 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Walking Simulator 8.8%
Science has never been more dangerous! Death is in the air... Sounds pretty ominous, doesn't it? Help the twin detectives solve a new case!
Why similar: Detective 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Investigation 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.2%
When a murder is committed under mysterious and supernatural circumstances, the Inspector arrives on the scene, ready to interrogate witnesses, decipher riddles, and fend off attackers seeking their next victim. Ready your spyglass and sword as you take on these two murder mystery RPGs.
Why similar: Detective 17.1%, Investigation 15%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Text-Based 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.
Why similar: Detective 16%, Investigation 15.6%, Horror 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Dark 10.2%
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
Why similar: Detective 16.5%, Investigation 15.5%, Dark 12.2%, Horror 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10.4%
Ramona is a first-person psychological horror set in the 1970s. Use a camera to reveal the invisible, follow Ramona’s rules, and explore rooms filled with puzzles and disturbing memories in a house haunted by secrets and remorse.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 15.4%, Drama 12.6%, Horror 12.3%, Investigation 12.3%, Walking Simulator 9.1%
This is a single-player puzzle game. You are a tourist visiting Emerald Valley, but a sudden landslide traps you and the other visitors. Explore the environment, collect items, talk to fellow tourists, and piece together the truth to discover why you can’t leave—and lead everyone to safety.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Investigation 11%, Drama 10.8%
The adventure begins when Ada, a young explorer, receives a mysterious selfie from her sister, who in fact disappeared months ago. ...... The background of the selfie is a mysterious island with blood-red sea water. Ada decides to go out on the sea to look for her sister……
Why similar: Investigation 18.4%, Detective 18.2%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Drama 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.5%
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
Why similar: Detective 19.7%, Investigation 15.5%, Drama 12.4%, Walking Simulator 10.5%, Mystery 9.2%
Zemblanity is an atmospheric first-person horror game. What seemed like a little creepy invitation over from an old childhood friend turns into disturbing uncovering of mysterious forces ruling in the mansion. Will you find a way out?
Why similar: Dark 14.4%, Horror 13.3%, Drama 10.1%, Mystery 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.9%
Can you solve the mystery of the Beast of Gozdary?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.5%, Detective 20.4%, Walking Simulator 15.7%, Horror 15.3%, Exploration 8.3%
Sinisomnia is a psychological point-and-click horror game that traps you in a looping nightmare of uncertainty and dread. Scattered fragments, unsettling oddities, and the constant sense that something isn’t right await at every turn.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 18.5%, Detective 18.2%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Dark 9.3%
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 16.8%, Investigation 16.5%, Drama 11.4%, Dark 10.2%, Horror 9.9%
Investigate a missing content creator in an abandoned kampong in this atmospheric horror game. Explore haunted ruins, uncover dark secrets, and evade the lurking presence of the Pontianak. Will you uncover the truth or become part of the legend?
Why similar: Detective 22%, Investigation 13.2%, Walking Simulator 12.2%, Hidden Object 11%, Horror 10.5%
Be forced to expand your knowledge through various mini-games in a timeless limbo. Memorize, Deduce, and survive the suffocating darkness in this atmospheric horror game!
Why similar: Investigation 33.3%, Dark 16.7%, Horror 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Mystery 7.5%
An exploration-driven mystery set on quarantined Scottish islands, where you investigate abandoned settlements, uncover hidden clues, and reveal the truth behind a decades-old government seal.
Why similar: Detective 22.8%, Investigation 20.6%, Mystery 14.7%, Walking Simulator 9.3%, Exploration 9.1%
